A BIG MISTAKE
ANONYMOUS
Recently our church has had a new minister. He is a nice, good, sociable man; but having come from a distant State, of course he was totally unacquainted with our people.
Therefore, it happened that during his pastoral calls he made several ludicrous blunders.
The other evening he called upon Mrs. Hadden. She had just lost her husband, and naturally supposed that his visit was relative to the sad occurrence. So, after a few commonplaces had been exchanged, she was not at all surprized to hear him remark:
"It was a sad bereavement, was it not?"
"Yes," faltered the widow.
"Totally unexpected?"
"Oh, yes; I never dreamed of it."
"He died in the barn, I suppose?"
"Oh, no; in the house."